Experts: the Indian Act
At a recent meeting between First Nations leaders and Canada's first ministers, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on the federal government to repeal the Indian Act. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his government will work with First Nations and the provinces and territories and suggest possible replacements.
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Experts: Time change
Quebecers will turn back their clocks this weekend, but a growing number of Canadian provinces and territories will not, having opted to remain on daylight time year-round. Quebec’s newly elected Parti Québécois government has signalled its intention to abolish seasonal time changes as early as next year.
Experts: Bank of Canada increases interest rate
The Bank of Canada announced it is raising its benchmark interest rate from 2.25 to 2.5 per cent, the first increase since July 2023.
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Santiago Camara, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, specializes in macroeconomics, international trade, finance and monetary policy.
Experts: National Caregivers Week
National Caregivers Week, marked Nov. 2 to 8, recognizes the more than two million informal and family caregivers in Quebec who support elderly, ill or disabled loved ones.
Experts: Homeless encampment survey
The City of Montreal will be conducting a survey of the structures in the city’s homeless encampments, according to a report in La Presse.
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Expert: Lula’s re-election in Brazil
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected Sunday for a fourth term, after a tight electoral battle against his opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Flávio Bolsonaro has refused to concede defeat and has called for the election to be annulled.
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Experts: Halloween
McGill experts are available to talk on a variety of related topics:
Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, can comment on managing food allergies when trick-or-treating and tips for creating allergy-friendly celebrations.
moshe.ben-shoshan [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Expert: Vaccination against respiratory viruses
Appointments are now open for free influenza, COVID-19 and RSV vaccines in Quebec, with vaccinations beginning Oct. 20 for those who meet the criteria.
Jesse Papenburg, MD, is an Associate Professor in McGill University’s Department of Pediatrics, an infectious disease specialist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Chair of the Quebec Immunization Committee.
Expert: Delayed grain harvest on the Prairies
Grain farmers in the Prairie provinces are reporting delays in crop harvesting due to flooded fields, with Saskatchewan producers falling furthest behind compared to their five-year average.
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Experts: Canada and the European Union
The President of the European Commission has expressed interest in seeing Canada become the first associate member of the European Union.
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Diya Jiang, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, can speak about:
Experts: Canada’s investment summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney will host a two-day summit in Toronto Sept. 14-15. The inaugural, invitation-only event, created in partnership with two of Canada’s largest institutional investors, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), is expected to attract hundreds of CEOs from around the globe who are potentially interested in investing in Canada.
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Experts: Is AI a threat to humanity?
Though some artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have long suggested that the technology could pose an existential threat, prominent voices have recently begun to warn that AI could spell the end of humanity within the next 10 years unless precautions are taken.
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Expert: New wave of weight-loss medications
A new generation of weight-loss medicines is delivering results that exceed those of some of today's best-known treatments, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.
Experts: Global warming threshold
Warning that global warming is set to surpass the 1.5C threshold set in the Paris climate agreement within the next few years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in a new report, is urging an “overshoot, peak and decline” strategy to limit the risk of climate disasters like heatwaves, floods and wildfires,
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Expert: WHO healthy-aging program begins rollout in Quebec
On Sept.1, the first Canadian participant will begin the World Health Organization's Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) program, marking the start of the initiative's rollout in Quebec.
